Foot-rest.



I N0. 8'73,521.' 'PATENTED DEC. 10, 19-07.

G. P. EARLEY.

FOOT REST. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30. I906.

CBEarZej CHRISTIE P. EARLEY, OF AUBURN, MASSACHUSETTS.

FOOT-REST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1907.

Application filed June 30. 1906- Serial No. 324-255.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIE P. EARLEY, citizen of the United States,residing at Auburn, in the county of Worcester and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Foot-Rests,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to foot rest attachments for chairs designedespecially for affording a support for the feet of children or otherpersons of short stature when seated and has for its objects to producea simple inexpensive device of this character which may be readilyinstalled for use and one which in practice may be conveniently adjustedas circumstances require.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the novelfeatures of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafterdescribed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a restembodying the invention and showing the same applied for use. Fig. 2 isafront elevation of the rest showing the same on a larger scale. Fig. 3is an enlarged detail view, partly in section, the section being takenon the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a chair of the usual or anypreferred construction and material having legs 2 to which are applied afoot rest 3 constituting the subject matter of the invention.

The rest 3 which is of L-shape in cross section includes in itsorganization a cross piece or strip 4 arranged at right angles to therest proper and having longitudinal guide openings or slots 5 adapted toreceive clamping members or bolts 6 arranged in corresponding openingsor slots 7 provided in a clamping member or bar 8 arranged at thenormally inner face of the cross piece 4 and disposed in parallelrelation to the latter, there being tapped onto the inner ends of thebolts 6 clamping nuts 9.

In practice the legs 2 of the chair are entered between the cross piece4 and clamping bar 8 and after the foot rest has been properly adjusted,it is fixed against movement on the legs by tightening the clamping nuts9,

it being apparent that when circumstances require the nuts maybeloosened and the rest moved upward or downward upon the legs 2 to properposition for supporting the feet of the occupant of the chair. Owing tothe presence of the longitudinal slots 5 and 7 the rest may beconveniently and securely adjusted upon chairs of varying widths, or thelegs of which are spaced different distances apart, it being possible inany caseto adjust the bolts in close proximity to the legs of the chairwhere they will obviously exercise a firmer grip and holding action thanif placed or'located at a distance from the legs.

The strips or members 3 and 4 constituting the rest proper arereinforced by means of suitable blocks or brackets 10 disposed in theangle between said strips or members.

From the foregoing it is apparent that I produce a simple deviceadmirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in view, it beingunderstood that minor changes in the details herein set forth mayberesorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A foot rest including an angular or L- shaped member including twostrips secured together at right an les, one of said strips beingprovided with ongitudinal slots at the ends thereof and a clamping barlikewise having longitudinal slots at the ends thereof in combinationwith connecting bolts adjustable in the longitudinal slots of the L-shaped member and the clamping bar, and a support upon which the footrest is clamped.

2. A foot rest comprising an angular or L-shaped member havingreinforcing blocks disposed in the angle thereof and longitudinalslotsat the ends thereof in combination with a clamping bar havinglongitudinal slots at the ends thereof, connecting bolts adjustable inthe longitudinal slots of the L-shaped member and the clamping bar, anda supporting member upon which the foot rest is clamped.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTIE P. EARLEY.

Witnesses:

LYLA PALMER, W. A. PURINGTON.

